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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Oswald do on April 6, 1963?

2. What was Marina happy about when Oswald contacted her at the start of Chapter 10?

3. What did the Warren Commission findings indicate about Oswald's socialization during his trip?

4. Where did Oswald live in USSR according to Chapter 3?

5. What happened to Oswald's relationship with Marina after their arrival in the U.S.?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Annie Odio say about Oswald?

2. What did the Russian community tell Marina according to Chapter 5?

3. Why could Oswald not leave the country according to Chapter 2?

4. What did Michael Paine want to show Oswald?

5. What did Ruth find when she tried to call Lee in Chapter 10?

6. What did people say about the number of shots?

7. What does Chapter 7 say about conflicting evidence?

8. Who was Yuri Nosenko according to Chapter 3 and what did he say of Russia's opinion of Oswald?

9. What does Posner point out about ammunition?

10. What did Lee do on September 25, 1963 according to Chapter 9?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why do you think Lee was both interested in Communism and the Marines when those two interests seem contradictory? Use the text to support your discussion.

Essay Topic 2

Approximately 10 months after President Kennedy's assassination, the Warren Commission delivered an 888 page report, which concluded that Lee Harvey Oswald murdered President Kennedy, acting single-handedly without assistance from others. Discuss the purpose of the Warren Commission and the conclusions which they drew. Use the text to support your discussion.

Essay Topic 3

The assassination of Kennedy is one of the main topics for conspiracy theorists. Do you think the second investigation was conducted too lightly and reignited the conspiracies? Use the text and secondary sources to support your discussion.

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